> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Track real-time mortgage rates using IBM watsonx.ai

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By the end of this guide, you'll be able to capture screenshots of current mortgage rates and analyze them with vision capabilities.

You'll learn how to:

1. Capture real-time mortgage data using Browserbase's headless browser automation.
2. Analyze visual data with IBM [watsonx.ai](http://watsonx.ai)'s vision language models to extract meaningful information.

This integration is useful for:

* Accessing data embedded within iframes that's difficult to extract with traditional methods
* Automating financial data collection from websites without structured APIs
* Converting visual mortgage rate data into structured information
* Building financial monitoring tools that track rate changes over time

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have:

* [IBM Watson Project ID & API key](https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/watson-studio)
  * Access to IBM's foundation models including vision capabilities
* [Browserbase Project ID & API key](https://browserbase.com/settings/)
  * Python environment with required dependencies

**Note:** This guide is only available in Python

## Why screenshots?

Traditional data extraction methods often fail when dealing with:

* Content embedded within iframes (like the Freddie Mac mortgage rates)
* Data rendered by JavaScript after page load
* Complex interactive visualizations
* Protected or bot-blocked content

Browserbase captures full screenshots of rendered pages, and IBM [watsonx.ai](http://watsonx.ai) interprets the visual content — letting you extract information that's otherwise inaccessible through HTML parsing or API calls.

## Quickstart guides

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    Follow the **quickstart guide** to capture mortgage rates and analyze them with IBM Watson's visual language models.
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  <Card title="Enterprise" icon="building" iconType="sharp-solid" href="https://browserbase.com/contact">
    Explore enterprise solutions for large-scale financial data monitoring with **Browserbase and IBM Watson**.
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